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INSTALLATION GUIDE
Related items
PCM600 Ver. 2.11 Installation DVD

PCM600 Ver. 2.11 Setup can be downloaded from https://www143.abb.com/SoftwareLibrary or from

https://new.abb.com/medium-voltage/distribution-automation/engineering-tools/protection-and-control-ied-
manager-pcm600

Content on DVD
• PCM600 Setup
• PCM600 Ver. 2.11 Readme file
• PCM600 Ver. 2.11 Installation Guide
• PCM600 Ver. 2.11 Product Guide
• PCM600 Ver. 2.11 Cyber Security Deployment Guide

PCM600 Setup includes the following software:

• Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600 Ver. 2.11
• Generic IEC 61850 IED Connectivity Package Ver. 2.5
• Wavewin Tool for Disturbance Analysis
• PCM600 Update Manager

System requirements c) Downloaded from ABB web page:

Operating system: Windows 10, Windows 11,
Start the installation and follow the instructions.
Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019. Only
After the installation starts, select the needed soft-
64-bit OS is supported.
ware components and follow the instructions to
complete the installation.
Windows must be up-to-date to support the
required runtimes and software components
PCM600 requires Microsoft SQL Server 2019
required by PCM600. It is recommended to run
Express edition. The correct SQL Server instance
Windows update before installing PCM600.
will be installed automatically. If the correct SQL
Hardware requirements, Server instance is already installed, PCM600
minimum/recommended: installation will skip this step.

Physical RAM memory: 8 GB / 16 GB PCM600 installs .NET 4.8 if required. The .NET
Free hard disk space: 4 GB / 8 GB Framework might require a reboot.

If working with large projects, it’s recommended to
have 24 or 32 GB of physical RAM.
Windows compatible pointer (e.g. mouse)
How to install PCM600 Ver. 2.11
a) DVD Installation:
Insert the installation DVD into the DVD-drive. If the
setup doesn’t start automatically, execute
PCM600_2.11.exe in the root folder of the
installation DVD.
b) Downloaded from ABB Software Library:
After free registration, you will get an email with a
link to download the executable installation.
Installation requires administrator rights. In all
versions of Windows, it might be necessary to
switch off or configure antivirus software to not
block the installation and operation of PCM600 (e.g.
McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention).
Uninstalling
PCM600 can be uninstalled from Apps and
Features (Programs and Features). The name is
“ABB Protection and Control IED Manager
PCM600”. Some included programs and runtimes
can only be uninstalled separately (they could be
used by other programs). Examples are ABB IED
Connectivity Packages, Wavewin ABB and ABB
PCMSERVER2019 SQL Instance.

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Prerequisites for using PCM600 Ver. 2.11
To operate with PCM600, there must be at least one
IED Connectivity Package installed and selected to
be used with PCM600 Ver. 2.11.
License
There is no license required for PCM600 Ver. 2.11.
Previous versions of PCM600
PCM600 2.11 can be installed in parallel with a
previous version. If you only want to use PCM600
2.11, you should uninstall previous versions of
PCM600 before installing PCM600 2.11. It is
recommended to install PCM600 versions in
ascending order.
When opening projects in PCM600 2.11 that have
been created with previous versions of PCM600,
the projects will be converted automatically. After
project conversion, the projects can't be opened
with older PCM600 versions anymore.
To migrate IED 670 configuration from PCM600
Ver. 1.5 to 2.11 (the whole PCM600 project
including all IEDs in the project), please refer to the
document “1MRG002586 - Configuration Migration
for 670 series in PCM600 User Manual", that can
be found on the 670 series ConnPack DVD.
SQL Server access rights
In PCM600 2.8 and later versions, data security has
been enhanced, and for that reason every Windows
user using PCM600 must be given privileges to
PCM600 project data. These privileges are given by
adding the Windows user to the new
“PCMSERVER2014 Users” local user group.
During installation, the user logged in is
automatically added to “PCMSERVER2014
Users” group. If additional users are required, they
must be added to the user group manually. This can
be done by using lusrmgr.msc (“Local Users and
Groups (Local)”). This function provides a
possibility to add both local and network user
accounts to PCMSERVER2014 Users Group.
In some cases, the user needs to logout and login
again for all functionality to be available to PCM600
due to the user group addition.
Privileges needed by SQL Server Setup
Microsoft SQL Server Setup needs following user
rights during installation (see table below). These
user rights must be turned on for the user account
running the setup during installation.
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Local Policy Object User Right
Backup files and directories SeBackupPrivilege
Debug Programs SeDebugPrivilege
Manage auditing and SeSecurityPrivilege
security log
If these user rights are disabled by your system
administrator, please contact your system
administrator to enable the user rights during
installation. A separate user account with these
rights enabled can also be used during installation.
If needed, these user rights can be turned off again
after installation.
SQL Server 2019 Express
PCM600 2.11 uses Microsoft SQL Server 2019
Express. This instance is separate from and doesn’t
interfere with the SQL instance in older versions of
PCM600 that use older versions of SQL Server. The
instances can co-exist. It is however strongly
recommended to install older SQL Server versions
before newer ones.
PCM600 version SQL Server version
2.1 - 2.7 2008 Express
2.8 - 2.10 2014 Express
2.11 2019 Express
SQL Server 2016
PCM600 is not compatible with SQL Server 2016.
SQL instances should not be upgraded to a not
supported SQL version.
Disk compression not supported
SQL server doesn’t support having its data on a
compressed disk. PCM600 SQL data directories
are by default located in a subdirectory of
C:\ProgramData\ABB, which is determined by an
environment variable PCMDATADIR set by the
PCM600 installation.
SQL Server 2019 potential issue with UTF-8
In Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 it is
advisable to not enable ‘Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8
for worldwide language support’ in ‘Region’ setting.
If this setting is enabled by your system
administrator, please contact system administrator
to disable this setting for a successful installation of
PCM600 2.11.
This UTF-8 setting is available in [Region] ->
[Administrative] tab -> [Region setting] page. See
picture below.
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If this setting is enabled, installation of SQL Server
Service Packs might fail.
Distributed setup
PCM600 2.11 supports having SQL Server and
PCM600 installed on different machines. It allows
using PCM600 projects from multiple PCs, but
multiple machines can’t open same project at same
time. Using distributed setup has effect on
performance because SQL Server is accessed over
the network.
To make a distributed installation select “Options” in
PCM600 installation wizard. First PCM600 should
be installed on server machine using option “Install
only SQL Server”.
After server installation you need to share folder
defined by “PCMDATADIR” system environment
variable. If you have installed PCM600 without
specifying the path manually from command line, it
is “[drive]:\ProgramData\ABB\PCMDatabases\” by
default.
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Share this folder with full privileges for Windows
user group “PCMSERVER2014 Users” on server
machine. Use the name “PCMDataBases” for the
shared folder. Each Windows user using PCM600
must be added to “PCMSERVER2014 Users”
group, refer to PCM600 Cyber Security Deployment
Guideline.
Then PCM600 can be installed on client machine.
Select “Options” and “Install only PCM600” in the
PCM600 installer. Give the IP address or computer
name of the server machine. It is assumed that the
shared folder on server is named “PCMDataBases”.
If shared folder name is something else than
“PCMDatabases”, you need to edit the System
Environment variable PCMDATADIR on the client
and set the correct path to the server folder. Note
that the path must be given as UNC path (e.g.
\\server\PCMDatabases\) when using distributed
setup.
In order to use the Scheduler service on PCM600,
the logon account for the service must be same as
the intended Windows account for running
PCM600. The service logon account can be
configured in Services.msc,
PCMSchedulerService_v211 on the Log On tab.
To avoid time synchronization related problems,
please make sure that all PCM600 machines have
same system time.
Unattended installation
PCM600 2.11 can be installed silently from
command line by appending the /quiet parameter to
the installation package. If installation is done
centrally, users of the PCM600 application must be
added to the local group “PCMSERVER2014
Users” after installation.
LON Support
PCM600 2.10 and earlier versions use PCLTA
cards from Echelon (now Dialog Semiconductor)
for communicating to LON IEDs via compatible
drivers. However, there are no 64-bit compatible
PCLTA drivers (link) available. PCM600 2.11
supports only 64-bit operating systems due to
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 requirements.
Due to the lack of compatible drivers PCM600 2.11
cannot support existing LON IEDs using PCLTA
cards. However, Customers using PCM600 2.10 or
older product versions can continue to use LON
IEDs if the PCM600 product is being used from a
supported 32-bit Windows OS with compatible
PCLTA drivers.
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